Injury Prevention educators and VIP speakers give dynamic, fast-paced presentations
addressing the realities of life-altering injuries and the importance of making safe
choices. These powerful presentations are available as assemblies or health, science
or driver education classes.

There are four components to the ThinkFirst For Teens program:

• School-based education massa.

• Reinforcement activities

• General public education

• Public policy initiatives

In South Carolina:

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for 15 to 20 year olds.

From 2001-2004, 115 people have been killed and 1,173 injured as the result of a
collision involving an at-fault teen driver with alcohol.

Teen-age drivers (15-19) make up 6.7 percent of South Carolina drivers and were responsible
for 15 percent of collisions in 2004.

In 2004, 114 teens 15-19 years old were killed in vehicle collisions; 106 were motor
vehicle occupants; only 19 of the 106 were buckled up; of the 2,391 injured, only
1,510 were buckled up.